We harvested our first red cabbage this week! Look what a pretty cabbage it is. But it's definitely a pink cabbage, not a red cabbage. Who ever named them red cabbages? Pretty, pretty pink! Or is it purple? or Magenta? Or Fuchsia? Or violet? or.....

I made a coleslaw, of course - as we eat a lot of coleslaw in this household.

Along with the "pink" cabbage there are:

spring onions/scallions

sugar snap peas

raisins

carrots

and a dijon mustard fat free dressing.

It was delicious as well as colorful!

Today I used the coleslaw in coleslaw tacos, topped with hemp seeds.

So what color was the last "red" cabbage you ate? Red? Pink? Purple?

Cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable, and the red/pink color shows its full of anthocyanins, which are anti-oxidants and also anti-inflammatory. Cabbage also has anti-cancer activity, but it's consuming a variety of vegetables that has the most health benefits....as shown in this video: